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BMJ Case Reports 2011; doi:10.1136/bcr.11.2011.5066
  • Rare disease

Lupus mastitis: a mimicker of breast carcinoma

  1. Ashley Irish3
  1. 1Radiology Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  2. 2Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  3. 3Nephrology Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Richard Roger Warne, Richard.Warne{at}health.wa.gov.au

Summary

The authors present a case of lupus mastitis which was initially diagnosed following an incisional biopsy of a breast lump, with similar pathology found 2 years later after an ultrasound guided biopsy of the same lump. The woman had been diagnosed 7 years before with systemic lupus erythematosus. The radiological and pathological features are presented in this report with discussion of similar cases in the literature.

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